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Matters addressed in the condominium bylaws may include the responsibilities of the owners' association, voting procedures to be used at association meetings, the qualifications, powers, and duties of the board of directors, and the powers and duties of the officers. The Bylaws may also cover the obligations of the owners with regard to ...
Boards of directors have a fiduciary duty to the property owners; violation of that duty may result in liability for individual directors, and as such the HOA will often adopt an ethics code for the board members to ensure they act ethically and in accordance with their responsibilities. [23]
The Board can’t prevent you from continuing to use your own service in addition to the bulk service, but that doesn’t absolve you of the responsibility to pay for the bulk services.
Board meetings, like the boards of government agencies, are generally open to HOA members, with some exceptions. As with government agencies, courts generally defer to the broad discretion HOAs enjoy in discharging their duties. [6] The HOA is also allowed to charge regular fees to homeowners within the development (comparable to taxes).
For some communities, the regularly scheduled board meetings have evolved to such a level of hostility between the board and unit owners that they have become intolerable for the directors.
Poliakoff: Condo board meetings must be open to all owners, and the right to attend such meetings includes the right to speak.
HOA board members are selected prior to the construction of the development and are only very rarely elected to their positions. However, in their communities, they take on the responsibilities and functions of municipal government officials.
Poliakoff: Condo board must adopt an annual budget at least 14 days prior to the start of the fiscal year.